best quotations about
Incompetence |
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Quotations
 | He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 37 likes |
 | Three professors- Homeland is lost. Drei Professoren - Vaterland verloren! — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 19 likes |
 | The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 17 likes |
| Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 15 likes |
 | Peter principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 11 likes |
 | Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 8 likes |
 | Intolerance is evidence of impotence. — Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist, 8 likes |
 | Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions! — Augustus, 63 BC-14 AD, Roman Emperor (Publius Quinctilius Varus was the commander of the 3 legions lost at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) 8 likes |
 | The best advice I've ever received is, “No one else knows what they're doing either”. — Ricky Gervais, 1961-, British comedian & screenwriter 7 likes |
 | The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 6 likes |
 | Those who apply themselves too much to little things often become incapable of great ones. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 6 likes |
| Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 4 likes |
 | Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
| Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 3 likes |
 | The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 3 likes |
 | It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 2 likes |
 | A king, realizing his incompetence can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 2 likes |
 | Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to use it. — Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist 1 likes |
 | It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. — Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer 1 likes |
 | Do not trust the frustrated. They are usually incompetent. |
 | Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. |
 | He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. |
 | I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own |
Funny Quotes
 | The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall. — Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005, American comedian 6 likes |
 | The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself. — Sam Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American film producer 3 likes |
 | If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life. — Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist 2 likes |
 | It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it. |
Ancient Greek
 | An aristocratic hand is without skills at the plough. Κακαί γεωργείν χείρες ευ τεθραμμέναι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Rhesus 4 likes |
 | Because the way we deal with the situation right now is a joke. Επεί νυν γέλως έσθ’ ως χρώμεθα τοις πράγμασιν. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator 4 likes |
 | The Generals are numerous, but not good for much! Στρατηγοί πλείονες ή βελτίονες. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Acharnians 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | He'll be a typical intellectual, disagreeable and impotent. — from the film The Conformist (1970) 4 likes |
